FEMINISM

First published Fri Sep 3, 2004; substantive revision Mon Aug 21, 2017 Feminist philosophy of language has come a long way in a very short time period. Initially, most work in the area was critical, calling for changes either to language itself or to philosophy of language. More recently, however, the dynamic has changed, with the advent of several major positive research programmes within philosophy of language. In this entry, we first discuss the critiques that constitute the first phase ...

All feminists recognise the existence of the patriarchy - Socialist feminists think this would create the biggest dent in the so called patriarchy of male dominance. Simone De Beauvoir noted how men dominated economic life, limiting the life choice of women men use the home to recover from being exploited at the workplace women then keep the house tidy, serving the male. Liberal feminists view on the existence of the patriarchy - would prioritise equality before the law and not the economy...

What type of theory is feminism? -Structural- society controls the individual Patriarchy -Male dominated society What are the different types of feminism? -Liberal- Changes have taken place, and men and women are more equal now Radical- Men dominate women Marxist- Women are oppressed by both men and capitalism What is the feminist movement fighting for? -Equality for men and women, for example equal pay. It is not women dominating men, like many believe it is Who can up with 'canalisati...

Androgynous Androgynous means being neither male nor female nor both male and female. Feminism holds that human nature is androgynous. -This relates to the feminist idea of men and women being equal due to our human nature being equal. Sex vs Gender -sex is the biological criteria to signify whether an individual is male or female. There are 3 sexes male, female, and intersex. -gender is social construct and defined as the configurations of behaviour or activities involved in being mascu...

Gender differences in society regarded for the first time as important in themselves -needing to be understood in their own terms During the 1960s and 1970s, the feminist movement sought to uncover -the influence of patriarchy not only in politics, public life and the economy, but in all aspects of social, personal and sexual existence Figes's Patriarchal Attitudes -drew attention not to the more familiar legal or social disadvantages suffered by women, but to the fact that patriarchal va...

What type of theory is feminism? -Structural- society controls the individual Patriarchy -Male dominated society What are the different types of feminism? -Liberal- Changes have taken place, and men and women are more equal now Radical- Men dominate women Marxist- Women are oppressed by both men and capitalism What is the feminist movement fighting for? -Equality for men and women, for example equal pay. It is not women dominating men, like many believe it is Who can up with 'canalisati...

What type of theory is feminism? -Structural- society controls the individual Patriarchy -Male dominated society What are the different types of feminism? -Liberal- Changes have taken place, and men and women are more equal now Radical- Men dominate women Marxist- Women are oppressed by both men and capitalism What is the feminist movement fighting for? -Equality for men and women, for example equal pay. It is not women dominating men, like many believe it is Who can up with 'canalisati...

Summarise liberal feminism -Took the liberal values of individualism and foundational equality (all humans are of equal moral worth) and applied them to women. Women are entitled to the same rights and freedoms as men. Women should have all the freedoms they need to become autonomous members of society What were early liberal feminists concerned with? Why? What was their aim after this? -Women 's suffrage The assumption was that the vote would grant women a voice and politicians would ne...

Feminist Politics: Where We Stand (Hooks) - A perspective that acknowledges the oppression of women within a patriarchal society and struggles towards the elimination of sexist oppression and domination for all human beings Women's Health From a Feminist Perspective (Low, Bailey) - Much of medicine is androcentric, instead, women's health needs to take into consideration not only differing biologies, but societal issues as well Feminist Model of Care (Low, Bailey) - 1. Being with women, ...

Liberal Feminist View - Patriarchy -- Affecting the public sphere - Affecting legal and political equality (past - Affecting equality of opportunity (today) Socialist Feminist View - Patriarchy -- Empahsises the economic aspects of patriarchy - Operates in tandem with capitalism, gender subordination and class inequality being interlinked systems of oppression Radical Feminist View - Patriarchy -- Systematic - Institutionalised - Pervasive form of male power that is rooted in the family ...